[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891) › c9.142 # The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c9.142 The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c9.142 - **Language:** English ### [c9.142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c9.142) The following is an example of one of the simplest vérnams. In performance a musician would treat this as a kind of theme which he would expand, vary, and embellish according to his own taste and skill—indeed, grace is sometimes employed to such an extent that the original air can hardly be recognised. - [Previous: c9.141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c9.141) - [Next: c9.143](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c9.143) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c9.142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c9.142) · Pramāṇa